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Electric Vehicles

Mercedes puts a paywall on your electric car performance

Mercedes-Benz has put a paywall on EV performance, requiring extra cost to unlock the full potential of its all-electric sports cars. You can imagine this won't go over well with environmentalists pushing for automakers to give the push to switch to all EVs all they've got in time to mitigate climate change, and...
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Sustainable Living

Meet Great Wrap, the completely compostable cling wrap

It’s finally here — stretch wrap that’s made from food waste rather than petroleum-based plastic. It’s time to reset your vocabulary from “plastic wrap” to “Great Wrap.”  Great Wrap is the Australian-based materials science company dedicated to eliminating plastic from the planet. It’s...
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Agriculture

Plant-based eggs surge in popularity amidst shortage

Many vegans have complained of the “vegan tax,” the extra money we pay for plant-based alternatives to milk and meat. But suddenly, plant-based eggs have busted through this price barrier, falling below the price of chicken eggs. Through a combination of inflation and an avian flu, the price of “shell...
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Landscape Architecture

A restoration project in China uses a sponge system

This is the first cross-provincial ecological restoration project in China and it's a design that is truly paving the way for the future. Green ecology and harmony is the theme and the end result is absolutely stunning. Designed by the Tus-Design Group Co., Ltd, this incredible shoreline linkage project...
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Food

This cheddar is the first carbon-neutral cheese in the world

Wyke Farms has been in the cheddar cheesemaking business since 1861. The Clothier family company kept their award-winning, 160-year-old recipe and spent nearly 15 years on bioengineering to become the UK’s first 100% self-sufficient in green energy. As their next step in sustainability, they launched their Ivy’s...
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Vegan

Try these special vegan ice cream flavors before it's too late!

In my Portland, Oregon household, we spend way more time thinking about and eating vegan ice cream than we probably should. And come January, we get very interested in what our local ice cream shop gone national is doing. Because since 2018, Salt & Straw has celebrated Veganuary by featuring five carefully...
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Animals

Scientists unearth fossil of a new swimming dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the most fascinating creatures that once ruled the world for more than 150 million years. The peculiar fossils serve as a window into the past, revealing the diverse dinosaur species that inhabited the planet's ecosystems, ranging from forests to deserts. However, it is unclear whether dinosaurs...

Dinosaurs were the most fascinating creatures that once ruled the world for more than 150 million years. The peculiar fossils serve as a window...
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Plants

The top 10 new plants and fungi species in 2022

The Royal Botanic Gardens (RGB) Kew, also known as Kew Gardens, is a botanical garden in London that features the largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collection worldwide. At the end of each year, scientists at RGB Kew select the top 10 most interesting plants and fungi discovered that year. This...

The Royal Botanic Gardens (RGB) Kew, also known as Kew Gardens, is a botanical garden in London that features the largest and most diverse botanical...
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Furniture

A trash can made from garbage and recycled materials

This is a sleek, classic garbage can or rubbish bin, depending on which side of the ocean you live near, is modeled on the 1939 pedal bin, a traditional garbage can design. But it's also made with 75% recycled materials. This may look like a classic home addition, but actually, this is the future of throwing stuff...

This is a sleek, classic garbage can or rubbish bin, depending on which side of the ocean you live near, is modeled on the 1939 pedal bin, a...
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Nutrition

Here are some natural remedies for cold and flu season

Winter brings a triple threat of colds, flu and COVID. Be prepared for your next bout, or maybe even ward it off, with some helpful and preventative medicines found right in your kitchen.  Garlic Many studies have shown health benefits from regular garlic consumption. It’s associated with...

Winter brings a triple threat of colds, flu and COVID. Be prepared for your next bout, or maybe even ward it off, with some helpful and preventative...
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Politics

Biden does not support the ban on gas stoves in US

They can cause asthma in children and they emit carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter into the air. But President Joe Biden does not support banning gas stoves. Gas stoves have been coming under fire the last few years as more studies link them to bad health effects both for people...

They can cause asthma in children and they emit carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter into the air. But President Joe...
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Technological Advancements

Nanodiamonds convert greenhouse gases into raw material

It sounds like science fiction, but the world is changing, and the reality of turning practically anything into useable material for construction or industrial use is here. Even better, greenhouse gas can now be turned into raw material instead of released into the atmosphere where it causes runaway climate change....

It sounds like science fiction, but the world is changing, and the reality of turning practically anything into useable material for construction...